Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh: On the Arts of Don Van Vliet
Biography. Art Criticism. For more than seventeen years, Don Van Vliet made music under the name Captain Beefheart. When he walked away from music, he turned to his other art and is now an internationally known and collected abstract painter. RIDING SOME KIND OF UNUSUAL SKULL SLEIGH looks at the phases of Van Vliet's musical career through the lens of the new, ecological theories of mind which were emerging at the time Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band were beginning to record. The result is a unique interpretation of Van Vliet's music and motives Van Vliet as Gaia microcasm which looks at both his genius and the darker side of his Captain Beefheart persona. The author also offers a detailed analysis of Van Vliet's drawings and paintings and suggests that art world acceptance has drastically changed his art and perhaps the artist himself. No illustrations."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0917453352
ISBN13:9780917453359
Release Date:October 1999
Publisher:Alap Editions
Length:210 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Both sides of Captain Beefheart arts
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Very interesting 200 pages book that explores both sides of Captain Beefheart arts :music and painting.It analyses his ecological view of interconnection of all things that will disappear with his 1986 painting "Riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh " which is the last painting to include a human figure. Recommended
Trout Mask Original
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Bamberger is to Beefheart as Sandberg is to Lincoln. This is the primer and reference book for the subject. Bamberger's detailed descriptions and thoughtful insight will give any reader a greater appreciation of this phenomenal artist. If you have listened to "Trout Mask Replica" more than once or are curious about Van Vliet the artist, you must have this book.
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